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EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'

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noir_lord · 1789555669 · focus · HN ↗
Good, if the middle power democracies don't align/work together they are going to get torn apart in the struggle between the US and China.
1. wewewedxfgdf · 1789558357 · focus · HN ↗
  Errrrr...... this has nothing to do with the struggle between USA and China.
  It is 100% about Trump.
  1. padjo · 1789561522 · focus · HN ↗
    This has been brewing since George W Bush. Obama made a valiant attempt at normalising relations with Europe but I don't think any future US president has any hope of reversing this now.
    mschuster91 · 1789562461 · focus · HN ↗
    Europe was skeptical ever since 'nam and at the latest Bush Sr's Iraq adventure.
    NeutralCrane · 1789564854 · focus · HN ↗
    Since the wars in Iraq, sure. Vietnam was the US inheriting Europe’s mess.
    braho · 1789622356 · focus · HN ↗
    US shifting accountability of their choices on account of some mess of others. ‘We had no other choice because you can’t take care of it yourself’
    Thats exactly the narrative the rest of the world doesnt take anymore.
    mschuster91 · 1789628022 · focus · HN ↗
    They do have a point though. Libya, Syria, Lebanon, that's our doorstep, not the US'. And we in fact did not do a good job keeping house there.

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